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Creating A Backstory
I had the Food Network on in the living room TV while I read emails this afternoon. Ace of Cakes was on. They featured a Noah's Ark cake they prepared for a little girl named Rachel who was celebrating her Bat Mitzvah. I was increasingly drawn from what I was reading...
Mary McKitrick’s Blog On Setting Voice Over Rates
I guess this one's a blog retweet or maybe a reblog. Anyway it's a plug. Tonight, I read a super blog by Mary McKitrick, Setting Rates in the Voice-Over Business. It should be required reading for anyone thinking of going into voice over and especially for anyone...
Talent Agents vs. Publicity Agents
In a recent article, Agents: Traditionally They Don't Promote, But Hybrids Bring Change, voice talent Jennifer Vaughn discusses common misconceptions that performers have about talent agents. Specifically, that agents are talent promoters. It follows from this...
How to Bill Clients for Voiceover Services
Did you know that voiceover is a business? Not just something you do, but something you structure and manage? To make a living from it, you have to do a little, gulp, administrative work. That includes billing clients. So, how do we, as creative people who hate...
SaVoa Accreditation for Voice Over Artists
What is SaVoa? In the last several weeks, I've helped organize a peer-based accreditation program by voice over artists for voice over artists. We formed a not-for-profit organization, SaVoa Incorporated, which is dedicated to: Enhancing the voice over industry,...
Voice Overs: Definition
Voiceovers: offscreen, offstage or otherwise unseen narrations, announcements or vocal utterances -- voice -- usually (but not necessarily) heard over visual images. These are all examples of voice overs: radio and TV station identifications, documentary narrations,...
Selecting A Microphone: Before You Buy
There are a lot of microphones out on the market suitable for all types of recordings, and a whole lot more that are unsuitable. Before evaluating a microphone for voice over, it helps to understand what the microphone is supposed to do and all the things that can...
What Does It Take To Work In Voiceover?
I really don't turn every email I get into a blog, but recent exchanges have asked really great questions. Most recently, a site visitor wrote me: Hi Nikki, I love your voice. I have been told I have a nice voice. I am interested in finding someone who can help me...
Learning Cakewalk, Other Sound Editing Software
I get a few emails in response to my blogs and asking for more information on voice over work and tools. Recently, I received this email from Robert in Rhode Island,which I include here with his permission: Dear Nikki, I'm trying to get started in the voiceover biz. I...
